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Jincan Underground Chapter 9 Out Now!

Arc 2 of Jincan Undergound has started! All 9 chapters can be read online for free on 🎮 itch.io, 🌊 Namicomi, and 💬 Webtoons!

Welcome to the Jincan Tournament, a ruthless battle royale granting the winner a single wish! After the death of his manager Catarina, underground fighter Roach finds himself on a losing streak. One night, he crosses paths with Ladybug, Catarina's brother, and is thrown into a hidden world of sorcery and superpowers. Forced into the Jincan Tournament with Ladybug by his side, Roach is ready to risk everything for the slimmest chance to bring Catarina back to life.

Want a quick summary of events in Arc 1?

New participants make their move in the Jincan Tournament in Arc 2!

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Welcome to the Jincan Tournament, a ruthless battle royale granting the winner a single wish! After the death of his manager Catarina, underground fighter Roach finds himself on a losing streak. One night, he crosses paths with Ladybug, Catarina's brother, and is thrown into a hidden world of sorcery and superpowers. Forced into the Jincan Tournament with Ladybug by his side, Roach is ready to risk everything for the slimmest chance to bring Catarina back to life.

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What would og mc and the big brother’s items in a Gachiakuta au? Im feeling the others have a given item tbh due to their themes.

I imagine og MC's to either be his coat or some old game console from his childhood days.

Big Bro's theme was bandaids, but that probably won't make sense as a keepsake haha... The heart hair-tie would be great, except he didn't cherish that. He isn't someone who would cherish an item at all, but one who uses every item to its extent and will take care of it, only to keep it useful. ...So, perhaps his cellphone?

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Thank you @/ley for commissioning me!

This is a special milestone for me as an artist 🎃✨ because these are my characters Crab🦀 and Catarina🐞 from Jincan Underground!

I honestly never thought there'd be a day where someone liked my characters enough to commission me to draw them! So thank you so much, I'm so happy that you enjoy this story and my characters!

Jincan Underground Ch. 1-11 are now available to read online for free!

🎮 itch.io

🌊 namicomi

💬 webtoons*

*webtoons will require login to read.

Bonus Closeup! 😉

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aHHH the genderbend cast looks cute, I def would love to see the MC in different settings/AUs- maybe a bonus of how the og MC looks as a girl? (And maybe for Newt the hat is instead a bunch of hair clips/ties?)

it was only after drawing everything and rereading the message for me to realize you didn't ask for fem!MC in different AUs kek

Uhhh... ig if you want those, I'll see if I can draw them another time haha

I've been really into Gachiakuta recently so I wanted to try drawing in Urana's style. I still got way too much studying to get the details right...

And then I just tried putting her in the universes of my other stories.

JCU: uses inspo from 1920s American fashion

Kill Series: inspo/combo of Hanfu + modern/punk styles

I did my best... Having lots of clips made me think of Harujuku fashion. I didn't have the strength to draw that many though.

Original MC, I pictured to look like a punk who got reformed into an office lady lol

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had the funniest realization that Roach has two yanderes on his tail too, but he can knock them out with a punch

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As an added bonus, you can even see all my weekly doodles! All for only $10!

Two sets of images are currently available for download: JCU Halloween Chibis and 2025 Art Fight Illustrations.

This is a total of 14 images to color and comes with my final illustrations so you can have a starting point as references for colors! Perfect for anyone starting digital coloring!

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Can we get a sketch of what Leon and Vincent would look like as middle aged or old men?

And also a sketch of what Vincent’s Uncle looked like when he was younger, around Vincent’s age. (Imagine if he looked just like Vincent when he was younger lol)

Designing older characters... my weakness...

I did my best! Maybe I'll revisit once I learn a bit more... Vincent's Uncle and Papa might be even younger here, oops. Probably closer to freshmen in hs. I imagine they went to some fancy private school. They're twins!

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Hi i completely finished syvnh and was wondering, what would the cast look genderbent? Also what's the MC's full appearance (both in his real body and in Newt's Brother's body)? thank you for making such a good game, it's got my brain in an bear trap rn lmaoo

Hello, thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Just some really quick doodles! Kinda went with tropes here lol

Not sure how Newt would wear a hat over that properly, but... if there's a will, there's a way. I wanted Reme to still have a braid, but there aren't a lot of male hairstyles with it... It does feel like a lot of male yanderes have long hair tho.

I had to dig a bit, but I managed to find some old sketches and did some new doodles based off that 😂 The sketches were all chibis...

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perhaps mayhaps is thrre a chance that youll continue interhell police

I want to make it someday. The stars just haven't aligned lately.

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Thank you @anotherfangirlsworld for commissioning me!

Congratulations on your special day! 💐💖

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vincent and leon are nice and all but mc also seems to be a bit insane can i romance him instead

You can always try at least once!

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I just finished SYVNH, and even though the ending was pretty hard to wrap my head around, I still overall liked it. My main question is, the in-universe VN is stated to have a lovecore aesthetic, and when we se the real MC, they also have that sort of pink-hair-hearts-in-eyes thing going on. Have that, or did the merged universe change them somehow? Also, was the extra depth added to the characters always intended by the IU devs or did all the wishing just "fill in the gaps" somehow?

Hello, thanks for playing!

irl MC also has a lovecore aesthetic because he likes that sort of thing! The heart in eyes was intended as a symbol of romantic obsession.

Extra depth wasn't intended, it did "fill in the gaps" in the sense that the wishing brought the "world" of the game to life, giving the characters more depth.

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Jincan Underground Arc 2 is starting on February 6th, 2026!

Arc 1 (8 chapters) is currently available to read for free online on 🌊 Namicomi, 🎮 Itch.io, and 💬 Webtoons

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Thank you @/amarvelous for commissioning me! Nessa is out to find some cute birds to watch!

🌟 Play Pentastory's demo here!

Pentastory: Nessa's Dilemma by amarvelous

Can Nessa find the courage deep within?

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Hiya Portfolio Day~

I'm Pumpkin and I'm a digital artist currently focusing on manga and visual novels. I am currently available for long term projects!

🎮 Games: https://pumpkin-spike.itch.io/ 🗯 Comics: https://namicomi.com/en/org/pumpkinspike/titles 💼 Gen. Portfolio: https://vgen.co/PumpkinSpike 📧 Email: [email protected]

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(heheh~ secret arc 2 preview)